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kleinbl00  ·  1279 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Election That Could Break America

A friend of mine called Trump the dog that caught the car the Saturday after the election. That assessment presumed that he would face repercussions. He hasn't - not yet.

The real problem with electing a craven opportunist is that it will drive out everyone principled and leave governance to craven opportunists. I'm no Paul Ryan fan but I'll give him this - he bailed when it became clear that his agenda did not align with Trump's. Unfortunately our constitution was written for craven opportunists - electoral college, 2/5ths human black people, the Senate - and the ones that are left standing will fly the plane into the ground before they relinquish the yoke because they're - say it with me - craven opportunists.

The thing that saves us is when the calculus for craven opportunists says "don't go Trump."